Re: thought for the week

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Stephen J. Hyland <shyland[_at_]computer-lawyer.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Timothy Phillips <hrothgar[_at_]telepath.com> wrote:
> >
> > A world of copyright is like a world in which,
> > when I buy a tomato, I may eat the tomato, but
> > I may not plant its seeds and grow my own tomatoes
> > for market.
>
> As for the silly analogy, if you change "A world of copyright" to "A
> world of patent" you might be more correct.

"Copyright" is a misnomer. What's important is authorial rights.

Seth P. Johnson
<seth.johnson[_at_]RealMeasures.dyndns.org>

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